Example sentences of "[noun sg] came [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A horse came down the ramp in one bound , as if on wings , hit the concrete in a shower of sparks . |
| 2 | The stewardess came down the aisle , a big-breasted young woman exuding a strong odour of perspiration . |
| 3 | A groan of real sympathy came down the line . |
| 4 | But over the succeeding weeks only a handful came out the rest chose to stay . |
| 5 | In sing-song came back the reply : ‘ A bonkeleh is a greisa kuss ’ — accompanied by a noisy demonstratory kiss on the child 's forehead . |
| 6 | But when stuff came down the dock to people off , on to a boat , would that be stored in a warehouse first and then go on to the boat or would it be |
| 7 | As the dusk came down the bats came out and the song of birds ceased one by one until only a lone blackbird spoke occasionally from the shadows . |
| 8 | The Berlin Wall came down the year before , but John Major is not Prime Minister yet and EuroDisney is still a building site . |
| 9 | Horses and carts were the only means of transport until an infrequent bus service came up the valley to add a further lifeline . |
| 10 | On the 42nd lap Levagh came up the straight between the grandstand and the pits in his silver Mercedes at about 240 kph ( 150 mph ) and was being followed by Fangio . |
| 11 | Standing under the vaulted fan roof of that incredible building , listening to the pure soprano of the leading choir boy singing , ‘ Once in Royal David 's city ’ as the choir came up the aisle , it was difficult to restrain our tears . |
| 12 | A man came up the ladder from the engine room and Dickie opened his letter . |
| 13 | Her voice came down the phone icy . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's no mistake , Miss Stanley , ’ the girl 's voice came down the line . |
| 15 | Several days before these events a ship came up the Ankh on the dawn tide and fetched up , among many others , in the maze of wharves and docks on the Morpork shore . |
| 16 | Then a ripple of information came down the queue to say that we had been ordered back to the station because there obviously was n't sufficient bus capacity . |
| 17 | Bars of sunlight broke through the slatted windows and swept back and forth across the floor , and the smell of the sea came up the carriage bearing memories of childhood outings . |
| 18 | A purr came down the line . |
| 19 | Even the fishing fleet came down the harbour as expected from intelligence reports , and might have choked the narrow 100 yards wide entrance if a burst of tracer from a destroyer had not turned them aside as they grasped the situation . |
| 20 | Great carts pulled by as many as six horses at a time came up the roads from the east and waited at Ridgery Butts until a party of people who wanted to cross the forest formed up so that they could travel together . |